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17 reviews

Vom Mond aus betrachtet, spielt das alles keine Rolle by Anne Freytag

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Drug use, Death of parent, Car accident, and Body shaming

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A bittersweet love story about that one friend that you love so so sooo much, it makes you hate them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Ableism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Abortion, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

Der Mauersegler by Jasmin Schreiber

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Minor: Murder, Child death, and Miscarriage

Endling by Jasmin Schreiber

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, and Abortion

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Did not finish book. Stopped at 96%.

I have heard so much about this book before I finally came around to pick it up - it felt like I already knew what was going to happen. The narration likes to get lost in the little moments of the story, which I usually absolutely adore, but it happened so often that in the end I got sick of it. 
Donna Tartt is neverthelesse an incredible writer and her beautiful way of bringing Theo Decker's melancholic thoughts into words were my main reason for making it this far.

Muss ich das gelesen haben?: Was in unseren Bücherregalen und auf Literaturlisten steht - und wie wir das jetzt ändern by Teresa Reichl

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

What can I say? She's everything.